On the day of the baptism, the child is dressed from home by the parents, prepared and given to the godparents. Godparents have an important role on the day of baptism, they take the child from home and bring him only after the baptism service. In the old days, parents didn’t even go to church, …
The Fairy Guardians are mythological figures from Romanian popular culture. They are considered wise elderly women who have powers of divination and foretelling the future. According to popular tradition, they are usually associated with important events in a person’s life, such as a wedding or a birth.The origins of these mythological creatures are latin, as …
Babinden is one of the great national women’s holidays, dedicated to the “grandmothers” – the women who helped give birth to the young brides. The rites on this day are mainly subordinated to the desire to show honor and respect to the elderly women who helped the women in labor. This holiday is pagan and …
In Hungarian folklore, dances imitating animals can be classified here, among others. These were mostly children’s dances and dances for entertainment at weddings and social occasions. With the exception of the fox dance, which contains some magical elements, we are talking about dances that playfully imitate the behaviour of certain animals and show the similarity …
